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Thomas Malthus Quotes: Whether the law of marriage be instituted or not, the dictate of nature and virtue seems to be an early attachment to one woman.
         

Whether the law of marriage be instituted or not, the dictate of nature and virtue seems to be an early attachment to one woman.


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